Subramaniam Pennathur

University of Michigan, USA

Subramaniam Pennathur received his M.D. degree from Madurai University, India. He subsequently obtained clinical and research training at Harvard University, Washington University, Saint Louis, and University of Washington, Seattle. He is currently an Assistant Professor of internal medicine and nephrology at the University of Michigan. He also serves as the Director of Molecular Phenotyping Core, Michigan Nutrition and Obesity Center. The central theme of Dr. Pennathur's research has focused on the applications of biological mass spectrometry in disease pathogenesis. A major focus of the lab has been to define the role of oxidative stress on disease pathogenesis and complications. Recent extension of this work has included targeted as well as unbiased metabolomic and proteomic profiling. His areas of expertise are oxidative stress, diabetic complications, atherosclerosis, lipoprotein biology, proteomics, metabolomics, mass spectrometry, and systems biology.